Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-28


reasonable to suppose there were ice
bergs, decided to lay to until the storm
had ceased. A favorable opportunity
Offering when the crests OF the waves
were momentarily exceptionally far
apart, the vessels head was brought
around toward the wind. Held in this
position, under only reefed fore-trysail,
sne could make little progress In any
direction.
AGAIN UNDER WAY.
At midnight the wind and sea had mod
Grated considerably aud tbe schooner was
again got under way, running before the
WIND under reefed fore-trysail and tore
staysail. The yachts position on Thurs
day noon was latitude 4l:27 and lonol-
tude 5O:O3, having travelled 2ll miles
since the previous noon. The weather
Friday and Saturday, March Is and 10.
began with light breezes, and in the after
noon there were gales, though
moderate compared with Thurs
days big blow. Saturday was a red
letter day, four vessels being sighted.
The first was westward bound Inman
llEer, which passed three miles to The
southwark about 8 O'Clock in the morn
ing, and which answered the Coronet's
International code number. An hour
later ship with all calls set passed
porthward at IL O'Clock. An east-bound
star steamer carrying the Spanish flag
came from the south. She came along
SIDE, reducing her speed, and quite a con-
versation was carried on through the
burgee pennants and square code flag,
AT O'Clock in the afternoon an EASTERN
bound steamer passed north, but too far
distant to speak. The days run as COM
puted Friday noon was 1876 miles. Satur-
day noon the days run was 225 miles, and
the position was latitude 43:4T and longl-
tude 42:35:15.
SWINGING IN CIRCLE.
The theory that storms swing around
In circle was thoroughly proved by the
CoronePs experience on the second Sun
day, when she ran through a revolving
gale which was nearly as terrific as that
of March IT. The wind first came from
the souLeast about O'Clock in the morn
ing, and blew at the rate of seventy miles
an hour until 7 O'Clock that evening,
when 1t moderated. At 80 O'Clock hardly
breath was stirring. Half an hour later
there was light breeze from
the northwest, and at 8 O'Clock
there came hurricane from
that direction. The cross sea, created
by the contrary winds, buffeted the yacht
like chip in mill race. Her position
at noon was latitude ;25 and longitude
39:O4. The distance traversed was 179
miles. Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day winds were ahead and the yacht
made slow progress, covering only 508
miles between Sunday noon and Wednes-
day noon.
PASSING NORTH GERMAN LLOYD BOAT.
Monday afternoon she passed a North
German Lloyd steamer, and EXCHANGED
signals. Late Thursday afternoon good
sailing breeze arose from the southwest
continuing with more or less regularity
throughout Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
giving opportunity for rapid progress.
During that time the Coronet logged as
high as fourteen knots. MiZZen Head,
on the southwest coast of Ireland, was
sighted at 6:27 O'Clock Sunday morning
and at 7:40 O'Clock Fastnet light bore
nOrth-north west, nine miles away. The
yacht was then bowling along
under all her light sails at the rate of
twelve knots an hour. The weather was
clear and warm. AT S:57 O'Clock Galley
Head was abeam, and then the Cork pilot
boat COlum bine hove in sight. At 10:0S
O'Clock, when the yacht was abreast of
Seven Heads, Pilot Robert Welsh came on
board with the news that the Coronet was
the first to arrive along the coast and
into the harbor. Scores of vessels OF all
sorts were passed. All dipped their en-
signs to the winner, and the crews of all
cheered. At 80 O'clock the Coroneps
anchor was dopped of the Cork Vac hit
Club house.
OTHER OCEAN RACES.
The fastest passage ever made
by yacht across the Atlantic was
made by the schooner-yacht Sappho,
which once crossed from Sandy Hook to
Cowes in less than thirteen days. And
she did that without racing, but OF course
had tavoring weather throughout. The
two ocean yacht races which pre-
ceded this one were both accom-
pllshed iu less than fourteen days. In
December, 1866, when the Henrietta,
Nesta and Fleetwing raced from Sandy
Hook to COwes for 5000 side, the
Henrietta, which won the race, and was
sailed by Capt. Samuels, who now sails
the Dauntless, made the trip IN 13 days,
21 hours and 80 minutes. The Vesta,
which was the second yacht, was about
an hour behind, and the Fieetwing an
hour behind the Vesta.
In the race Of 1870 between the Cam
bria and the Dauntless, from Daunts
Rock on the Irish coast TO Sandy Hook,
the time of the Cambria, which was the
winner, was 10 days, 2 hours and 27
minutes, Again the closeness OF the race
was matter of wonder, as the Daunt-
less arrived less than two hours later.